MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
elearning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Slovenia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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